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These two traitors should be arrested and tried for treason against the American public.
Pelosi, who has put blame squarely on President Donald Trump for the current government shutdown, was spotted Thursday vacationing in Hawaii at the Fairmont Orchid resort, where room accommodations range from $899-a-night for a standard room to $4,899-a-night for the presidential suite.
Poor Nancy. What can she do? She is the MINORITY leader. She can't vote and neither can anyone for something unless the MAJORITY allows it. Ryan, under orders from Trump, never let the House vote on the clean CR passed UNANIMOUSLY in the senate. Things will change next week. Until then, enjoy your vacation Ms. Pelosi. You have a lotta Trump thumping to do.
The House is out of session, and just in case you forgot, the GOP controls it. It's their choice to keep it closed.
But nice try.
Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, has not been seen in DC in the past few days. Mitch McConnell, Senator Majority Leader, has not been seen in DC either. They are the leaders of the House and Senate. Where are they? Why is there only a right-wing article about Pelosi and Maxine's vacation? Why? Because Trump is trying to deflect because he's got a plan to jet to Mar-a-Lago. He's trying to deflect to Democrats vacations even though the GOP controls the Senate and the House and those GOP leaders left DC too.
The only item of import, in the OP, is that Pelosi has put the blame squarely on Donald Trump for the shutdown. That is as it should be. Rightly so, as that is squarely where the blame lies. Donald Trump was proud to declare a shutdown, and happy to accept the mantle. Give him the credit he is continuously seeking!
Americans need our own gated Community like Pelosi and Maxine. Bottom line is Trump is fighting to build American Gated Community while Pelosi wants to deny the American people the same protections they have.
Maybe some of those folks will be looking for a job instead of handouts....
Most of the able bodied adults already have jobs but make low enough wages to qualify for food stamps. Although children and elderly and disabled are the vast majority of food stamp recipients and you can't expect an 85 year old in a wheel chair or a 2 year old toddler to look for a job.
Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, has not been seen in DC in the past few days. Mitch McConnell, Senator Majority Leader, has not been seen in DC either. They are the leaders of the House and Senate. Where are they? Why is there only a right-wing article about Pelosi and Maxine's vacation? Why? Because Trump is trying to deflect because he's got a plan to jet to Mar-a-Lago. He's trying to deflect to Democrats vacations even though the GOP controls the Senate and the House and those GOP leaders left DC too.
O'Connell is home in Kentucky. Ryan as you know is packing to leave DC.
The reason why Pelosi is getting a little heat for her extravagant tropical vacation is because she purports herself to be a politician working for the people. The underpaid, the insurance-less, the illegals, etc etc. It's bad optics at a bad time to be seen at a plush $900.00 a day resort during a tumultuous shutdown resulting in people not being paid. She *could* be in DC, pushing for compromise. Showing her constituents that she talks the talk *and* walks the walk.
Had Trump gone to Mar-A-Lago the conversation would be about his creating bad optics by leaving town. As it stands, Pelosi is the one in the limelight.
Good for her! She deserves it--and it is not costing the taxpayers hundreds of thousands less than Trump's vacations. In fact, he has spent 218 days at one of his resorts or clubs.
Nancy and Maxine taking a week off does not bother me in the least.
Discussing the whereabouts of the incoming and outgoing Speaker of the House during the shutdown is NOT off topic, no matter how hard you want to avoid the fact that the current Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, has left DC during the shutdown. The Democrats won't take over for another few days. Nancy Pelosi is the current minority leader until Jan 1. Paul Ryan's the Speaker of the House right now. He left DC.
And yet it’s Pelosi and her extravagant vacation being discussed, both by the media and in this thread, and not Paul Ryan.
Why? Because Pelosi isn’t walking the walk of her democratic constituents at the moment. She’s showing bad optics in a very typical “let them eat cake” American politician kind of way. This is what I’ve said since page one and I still feel that way. You don’t have to agree. That’s ok.
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